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Derek Mortimer Shroff was born in Tauranga on 20 February 1930.^2,1,3

Derek died on 12 September 2019 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 89.^3,4

Frederick Clarke Shroff was born in Auckland on 30 July 1902.^2,1,3

He married Gertrude Mary (Truda) Molony in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 27 May 1925.^2,1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Gertrude in 1980.⁶

Frederick died on 12 March 1985 in Tauranga at age 82.^2,1,7

Mortimer Homi Shroff was born in Auckland in 1901.^2,1,3

He married Marjorie Colebrook in New Zealand in 1928.^1,4,5

Mortimer died in May 1966 in Auckland.^2,1,6

Mortimer's birth was registered between April 1874 and June 1874 in Brentford, Middlesex.^2,3

He married Bessie Martha Rhoda Clarke, daughter of Samuel Ludbrook Clarke and Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher, in New Zealand in 1900.^1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Bessie on 12 June 1939.^2,1,6

He became a well known hardware merchant in Auckland, establishing a family business which celebrated its centenary in the summer of 1986.¹

Mortimer died in December 1965 in Auckland.^2,1,7

Clementina Paul Sim was born in Durris, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, on 13 November 1829.³ and was baptised on 9 December 1829 in Durris.^3,1

She married James Ferguson in Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, on 6 December 1866.^4,5

Clementina's second marriage was to Alexander Fergusson, son of John Fergusson and Christy McGregor, on 19 April 1878 at 85 Bellgrove St in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Clementina was a widow, and the marriage was at her house, his residence being given as 287 Duke St, Glasgow.²

She was listed in the 1881 census at 287 Duke St in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, with her husband Alexander; he was a cattle dealer.⁶

Clementina died on 25 April 1885 at 67 Charlotte Lane in Blackfriars, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at age 55 of pneumonia. The informant was her sister Christina.⁷

Robert Sim was born in Scotland circa 1789. He was the son of Robert Sim (meal miller) and Ann Adam and also became a miller.²

He married Christian Milne in Durris, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, on 30 November 1828.³

Robert died on 8 December 1867 at 'Bald Crags' in Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, of asthma. The informant was his daughter Isabella.⁴

Ellen Jemima Gray Simon was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, on 2 September 1845.¹

She married Albert Spencer, son of Thomas Spencer and Catherine Harrison, at St Lukes in Jersey, Channel Islands, on 16 October 1869.¹

She was widowed at age 68 on the death of her husband Albert on 28 December 1913.^1,2

Ellen died on 7 October 1921 in Bristol, Bristol, at age 76.¹

Elizabeth Simpkin was born in New Zealand in 1868.^1,2

She married John Buchanan in New Zealand in 1890.^1,3,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband John in 1930.^1,5

Elizabeth died in 1949 in New Zealand.^1,6

Marguerite Elizabeth Simpson was born on 1 February 1861.

She married Walter Forsaith Lawry, son of Henry Hassall Lawry and Hephzibah Forsaith, at the residence of the bride's parents in Nth Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, on 24 February 1880.^3,2,4,5

She was widowed at age 68 on the death of her husband Walter on 18 November 1929.⁶

Marguerite died on 7 August 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, at age 84.⁷

He married Jessie Morrey Coutts Muirhead at Church of South Leith in Leith, Midlothian, on 6 June 1854.¹

Alexander died before 1881 (as his wife declared herself a widow in the 1881 census).